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    DE/Perlite feels like sand

    Hello! Have any of you had Perlite feel like like sand after it has "fully" dissolved? I am dissolving the product in a bucket prior to precoating the filter, just like I have with DE over the past 10 years and yet it seems very grainy in the bucket. The filter is purging this "sand" from the...
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    Anthony Pool Light Model 20

    I have this ancient light and have been searching for hours (on TFP and google, and various retail sites) for a model # for just the lens and gasket for the Anthony Pool Light Model #20. It's as if this light never existed...I can't seem to find anything but a thread here or there where people...
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    Ancient hydrostatic Sylvan plug stuck.

    Thanks for the picture...Instead of a T wrench, we used the sloted end of a pry bar to open the valve (Custom 25523-900) pictured above. We used the hooked handle at the top of the pry bar use a lever to turn, and to get extra leverage we hooked a hammer around the top of the hooked handle of...
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    Ancient hydrostatic Sylvan plug stuck.

    Hi aharon, I hope you have had success with your project and that the pool hasn't lifted!! I have mine drained (I live in northern VA) since Wednesday and I'm having significant anxiety about the pool lifting. We are repainting and have been delayed because of incorrect primer which is why...
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    3 Weeks of Cloudy Green Pool - Please HELP!

    Re: Floc Issues Thanks!! Will do
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    3 Weeks of Cloudy Green Pool - Please HELP!

    Re: Floc Issues Thank you Casey I'm brand new to TFP and SLAM and all of those recommendations. I hadn't read about the warning of Floc until this morning....only after I added floc yesterday and now dreading it. (I have used it in the past and it was a miracle worker!!) That being said I...
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    3 Weeks of Cloudy Green Pool - Please HELP!

    Floc Issues Please keep all of your Yucky, Green, Floc-y Pool Issues together so we can better help you. :mrgreen: Casey~ Hi Everyone, Added Floc yesterday which is floating on top of the pool. Added regular dose. It says "some pools may require double or triple doses." It also...
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    3 Weeks of Cloudy Green Pool - Please HELP!

    Thanks....now what to do with the four kids who want to swim...hahaha. I'm asking this of everyone...please give me your opinions. (1) What about the Floc...it specifically says "do not run filter - do not use this product if you can't vacuum to waste." That worries me bc all the stuff is...
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    3 Weeks of Cloudy Green Pool - Please HELP!

    Yes I did... Gross process but that was done weeks ago. Basket was full and vacuumed the rest...Wondering if shock just liquified some of them....
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    3 Weeks of Cloudy Green Pool - Please HELP!

    :drown: I'm ready to cry. With four kids bugging me everyday for 3 weeks about the pool I'm really going crazy. Sorry for the long post but I don't want to miss anything Three weeks ago started with greenish swamp - couldn't see the bottom - heavy algae and leaf - TONS OF TADPOLES. (1)...